Bio

Cathy Chessin’s practice focuses primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate and business transactions. She handles acquisitions and divestitures, including stock and asset sales, for both public and private companies in a wide variety of industries, including oil and gas, banking and others. She advises officers and directors on corporate governance matters, advises clients on matters involving restructuring and establishing appropriate entities for new businesses, drafts contracts of various types, and provides third-party legal opinions in a wide array of transactions. She also represents borrowers and lenders in corporate finance transactions. Cathy has handled numerous bank holding company reorganizations, advised banks and bank holding companies on regulatory matters, represented clients issuing equity or debt in private offerings, and advised on various employment and executive compensation matters, including employment, non-compete and severance agreements and implementation of incentive compensation plans.